Making the movie of the book was complicated by the protagonist being two miles taller than the rest of the cast. The director had them stand on a box, but it didn’t help.
@Francis Boyle: that certainly would have allowed him to turn over a new leaf, but if it didn’t prove fruitful he would have to take a day job, which might leave him too bushed for his writing to blossom, not to mention moving into the mundane field of how-to books might have led to his expulsion from the groves of academe.
Or maybe he just twigged that people might consider him a sad sap or, indeed, a completely barking mad nut case were he to try to combine sword and sorcery with pithy woodworking tips.
March 29th, 2021 at 9:46 am
“Rargh! IKEA!!! How am I supposed to put the new bookcase together with this?!”
March 29th, 2021 at 12:17 pm
Lake? Well, not EXACTLY a lake for a while.
March 29th, 2021 at 12:20 pm
Attack of the Covid hairstyle.
March 29th, 2021 at 1:40 pm
He’s a poplar guy.
March 29th, 2021 at 1:52 pm
@Tor – Fir sure
March 29th, 2021 at 3:38 pm
So my mum was right about what would happen if I didn’t wash behind my ears.
March 29th, 2021 at 3:43 pm
Well, you’d have a bit of a temper too if people kept nailing lost dog notices to your arse.
March 29th, 2021 at 4:51 pm
@Tor M, @B’Mancer—Both of your comments have been permanently banyaned.
March 29th, 2021 at 4:55 pm
The root of this book’s problems are its wooden characters.
March 29th, 2021 at 4:58 pm
Making the movie of the book was complicated by the protagonist being two miles taller than the rest of the cast. The director had them stand on a box, but it didn’t help.
March 29th, 2021 at 7:27 pm
He looks like he’s stirring the sea with a giant spoon and frowning at the results of the soup.
March 29th, 2021 at 7:56 pm
“Gaaaar! How many time do I have to tell you? I’m not sure why, but I hate broccoli!”
March 30th, 2021 at 1:22 am
@Bruce
Maybe Vance should have branched out into woodworking manuals.
March 30th, 2021 at 2:27 am
@Francis Boyle: that certainly would have allowed him to turn over a new leaf, but if it didn’t prove fruitful he would have to take a day job, which might leave him too bushed for his writing to blossom, not to mention moving into the mundane field of how-to books might have led to his expulsion from the groves of academe.
March 30th, 2021 at 3:15 am
The pecs and clouds make it look at first glance more like Daughter of the Tree.
GSS to all, who are in fine form today.
Meanwhile, here’s an article involving GSS favorite Dennis Wheatley:
https://murder-mayhem.com/grandfather-of-james-bond
March 30th, 2021 at 4:50 am
@Bruce
Or maybe he just twigged that people might consider him a sad sap or, indeed, a completely barking mad nut case were he to try to combine sword and sorcery with pithy woodworking tips.
March 30th, 2021 at 6:03 am
@Francis Boyle: I concede the palm (or is it the laurel?) to you.
March 30th, 2021 at 8:59 pm
He must have very large trunks…
Sorry, that pun sapped your patience. I swear to branch out into more mature humor. Oak-ay?
April 1st, 2021 at 6:09 pm
The tree comments are all a bit a-corny, I must say.